Peripheral Nerve Surgery Program

Overview

The Peripheral Nerve Surgery Program at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Neurological Institute provides specialized care for patients with acute nerve injuries, peripheral nerve tumors, entrapment neuropathies, and other nerve disorders.

When nerves are damaged, they can take a long time to regenerate, during which time muscles may weaken or lose function. Seeing a specialist peripheral nerve surgeon as soon as a serious nerve injury occurs is important to maximize the chances of recovery.

Our peripheral nerve surgeons work to restore nerve function as early as possible to reduce the risk of permanent muscle damage, with the aim of improving motor function, sensation and quality of life. We offer a range of innovative surgical procedures designed to improve movement, restore function and minimize pain in people with a variety of peripheral nerve disorders.

What We Treat

Our Peripheral Nerve Surgery Program treats people with disorders affecting motor function, sensation and nerve-related pain. We also treat patients who have experienced nerve injuries and those with severe sensory changes or pain caused by compressive neuropathies or peripheral nerve tumors.

Anyone with the following conditions should seek advice from a peripheral nerve surgeon:

Peripheral nerve tumors (such as schwannomas and neurofibromas)
Brachial plexus injury
Compressive neuropathies, including carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndromes
Pain syndromes
Peripheral nerve compression syndromes
Ulnar nerve palsy
Upper and lower extremity peripheral nerve injuries.

Diagnosis & Treatment

Evaluation for Peripheral Nerve Surgery

If you have been referred to a peripheral nerve surgeon, a physical exam will first be performed to assess nerve function and appropriate investigations will be carried out, such as electrodiagnostic studies and MRI. Surgery may be discussed to help restore function to the affected area.

Peripheral Nerve Surgery Treatment

Depending on the type of peripheral nerve condition, surgeons may relieve compression on nerves, remove tumors arising from nerves, repair injured nerves directly, or use procedures such as nerve grafting or nerve transfer surgery to restore nerve signals to the affected muscle and improve function.

Peripheral nerve surgeries range in complexity, depending on the extent of injury. Many surgeries are quick procedures which take less than an hour to complete, and patients can go home immediately afterward, while others are more extensive and require a hospital stay.

Peripheral nerve surgeries offered in our Program include: